Does
Colloidal Silver Kill Off Friendly Digestive
Bacteria?
"I understand colloidal silver kills viruses
and one-celled bacteria. Will taking it daily interfere
with the digestive process in any way? Does it
kill the good digestive bacteria? What would be
your personal dosage experience as to a regular
consumption of colloidal silver?"
Answer:
Generally speaking, for immune system maintenance
and nutritional supplementation purposes, I personally
take about an ounce of colloidal silver a day --
i.e., a small shot glass full each and every morning.
And occasionally, if a flu virus is going around,
or if I’ve been exposed to someone sick,
or if I eat out one night pick up an inconvenient
case of food poisoning, or if I’m just feeling
a little bit under the weather for some reason,
I might increase my daily dosage significantly,
to up to four ounces or more a day, which I generally
take in increments throughout the day.
I’m not a doctor, so I’m not prescribing
what you should do. But this is what I’ve
been doing quite successfully for some 13 years
now.
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Colloidal Silver is a powerful,
non-toxic, natural antibiotic that is effective
against bacteria, germs, virus and fungi. It
is able to protect the human body from various
infections and stimulate new cell growth. It
can be used orally or topically on the skin,
through the rectum, atomized or nebulized into
the lungs, nose and eyes without any irritation
or side effects! |
Digestive Aid
Taking colloidal silver in any amount has never
interfered with my digestion, but instead, seems
to aid my digestion.
In fact, when I’m taking colloidal silver
daily I tend to have better and more frequent bowel
movements. (Which is nice, because honestly, I
hate prune juice!)
New
Research: NanoSilver Prevents Blood Clots
Varanasi, India -- Scientists in India
report the discovery of a potential alternative
to aspirin and other anti-platelet agents
used to prevent blood clots.
The researchers said they've found the
use of silver nanoparticles might prevent
blood clots in coronary artery disease,
heart attack and stroke patients.
The scientists said low levels of nanosilver
particles injected into mice reduced the
ability of platelets to clump together
by as much as 40 percent with no apparent
harmful side effects.
Debabrata Dash and colleagues at Banaras
Hindu University in Varanasi, India, said
patients urgently need new anti-thrombotic
agents because traditionally prescribed
medications often cause dangerous bleeding.
The nanoparticles "hold immense potential
to be promoted as an antiplatelet agent," the
researchers said.
The news was reported by the American
Chemical Society which said laboratory
experiments indicate small amounts of the
nanosilver injected intravenously reduce
the ability of platelets to clump together
- which forms the basis of life-threatening
clots - by as much as 40 percent. It also
said the procedure shows no apparent harmful
side effects.More
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Beneficial Microorganisms
When I'm only taking a single ounce of colloidal
silver daily, which is most of the time, I don't
bother supplementing with beneficial bacteria on
a regular basis. Just an occasional basis. (See
more below.)
Why? Because the average human body has about
seven pounds of beneficial microorganisms in the
colon and spread throughout the large and small
intestines.
You're simply not going to kill off seven pounds
of beneficial bacteria with an ounce of colloidal
silver. And since the friendly little critters
are very prolific at reproducing (they don’t
call them “friendly” microorganisms
for nothing!), any die-off is probably replaced
through reproduction with new “friendlies” before
the day is over, particularly if you eat a good,
balanced diet.
Does
Colloidal silver harm human cells
Dr. Robert O. Becker, M.D. conducted
groundbreaking research at Syracuse Medical
University using tiny, electrically generated,
sub-microscopic silver particles. And in
human trials he found absolutely no harm
to cells or tissues.
This, even though in many cases he generated
the tiny nano-sized silver particles directly
into the tissue and bone of his patients
using a low-voltage electrical device and
pure silver mesh, or silver electrodes
that were surgically implanted into his
patients' infected wound sites. Not only
did the silver nano-particles cure the
infections (including many antibiotic-resistant
cases of osteomyelitis), they also triggered
bone healing and tissue regeneration --
hardly a harmful result.
Becker would later write, "“What
we have done was rediscover the fact that
silver kills bacteria, a fact which had
actually been known for centuries...All
of the organisms we tested were sensitive
to the electrically generated silver ion,
including some that were resistant to all
known antibiotics...In no case were any
undesirable side effects of the silver
treatment apparent.”
Even the latest medical research demonstrates
no harm to cells from nanosilver. In fact,
research published in the June 2009 issue
of the prestigious medical journal ACS
Nano demonstrates that nanosilver in the
bloodstream acts to prevent blood clotting,
and that the presence of silver in the
bloodstream causes no apparent harm to
cells.
Source
Thrombotic disorders have
emerged as serious threat to society. As
anticoagulant and thrombolytic therapies
are usually associated with serious bleeding
complications, the focus has now shifted
to regulating and maintaining platelets
in an inactive state. In the present study
we show that nanosilver has an innate antiplatelet
property and effectively prevents integrin-mediated
platelet responses, both in vivo and in
vitro, in a concentration-dependent manner.
Ultrastructural studies show that nanosilver
accumulates within platelet granules and
reduces interplatelet proximity. Our findings
further suggest that these nanoparticles
do not confer any lytic effect on platelets
and thus hold potential to be promoted
as antiplatelet/antithrombotic agents after
careful evaluation of toxic effects.
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Larger Dosages
of Colloidal Silver
But if I start taking larger dosages of colloidal
silver for any reason (larger meaning more than
an ounce a day), then I go ahead and supplement
daily with a good beneficial bacteria supplement,
to make sure that any die-off is replaced with
fresh “friendlies.”
I’ll take the beneficial microbes every
day that I’m taking larger dosages of colloidal
silver. And I’ll continue to take the beneficial
microbes for about a week or so after I’ve
stopped taking the higher dosages of colloidal
silver.
Usually, I take the colloidal silver in the morning
before breakfast, and the beneficial microbial
supplement in the evening, before dinner. If I’ve
been taking colloidal silver in incremental dosages
throughout the day, I’ll take my beneficial
microbes just before bedtime.
Steve Barwick
Does Colloidal
Silver Cause Harm to Kidneys
This myth, is being cited in a variety
of news articles on the internet, as well as
by environmental groups like Friends of the
Earth that are working to force the EPA to
regulate colloidal silver products as "pesticides." Both
of these myths are unfounded. As Dr. Gary Connett
wrote in the Journal of the Royal Society of
Medicine in 2007, "Case reports have described
possible nephrotoxicity and neurotoxicity,
but these have not been substantiated by studies
in animal models." (See J R Soc Med 2008:
101:
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How Long
Will Homemade Colloidal Silver Last Before
It Begins to Lose Its Potency?
Tens of thousands of people throughout North America
and around the world now make their own home-made
colloidal silver using colloidal silver generators.
They do so for many reasons, but chiefly because
you can make an entire quart of fresh, pure colloidal
silver for about 36 cents or less with a high-quality
colloidal silver generator, rather than paying
a whopping $20 or $30 for a comparatively tiny,
four-ounce bottle of store bought colloidal silver.
By far the #1 question I get from users of colloidal
silver generators is this: How long will a batch
of homemade colloidal silver last before it begins
to lose its potency?
Rule of Thumb
If you know what sign to look for, colloidal
silver will tell you when it’s beginning
to lose potency.
The general rule of thumb is to watch for precipitation
of silver particles in your storage container.
“ Precipitation” means
the silver particles are beginning to fall out
of suspension in the solution. The resulting residue
will begin to visibly coat the sides or bottom
of your storage container. That is the sure sign
that your batch of homemade colloidal silver (or
even store bought colloidal silver, for that matter)
is beginning to lose its potency.
All you have to do is examine your storage container
to see whether or not a light silver-gray residue
is beginning to form on the sides or bottom of
the container.
If you’re using a dark glass storage container,
such as the amber glass bottles many people like
to store their homemade colloidal silver in (see
photo above), you may have to hold the bottle up
to a bright light, or shine a flashlight through
it, and carefully examine the sides and bottom.
If you see a coating or discoloration beginning
to form on the glass sides or bottom, then you
know your silver particles are beginning to precipitate,
the batch is losing its potency, and it’s
time to make a fresh batch.
Otherwise, if there is no visible residue forming
in your storage container, your homemade colloidal
silver is likely as fresh and potent as the day
you made it.
Steve Barwick
Ways to
Use Colloidal Silver for Maximum Infection-Fighting
Benefits
1. You can drink a few teaspoons full a day to
help boost immunity and prevent infections
2. You can drink a few ounces at a time to rapidly
eliminate food poisoning or other “tummy
bugs”
3. You can brush your teeth with it to prevent
decay and bacterial plaque buildup
4. You can put it into a spray bottle and “huff” it
deeply into your lungs to help quickly heal nasty
upper respiratory infections
5. You can soak your feet in it to eliminate
athlete’s foot and toenail fungus.
6. You can lightly spray it on your hair after
washing and drying, to eliminate dandruff (Dr.
Balch says many cases of dandruff are simply topical
Candida Yeast infections; and silver is astonishingly
effective against this fungus.)
7. You can put a few drops in your eyes to eliminate
sties, Pink Eye and other eye infections virtually
overnight
8. You can put a few drops in your ears to eliminate
earaches in a single day or two
9. You can spray it on cuts and scrapes to prevent
infection and stimulate rapid healing
10. You can spray it on burns to soothe the skin
and stimulate rapid healing,,,I find it great for
sunburn
11. You can spray it on shingles infections to
quickly relieve the pain and trigger rapid healing
12. You can spray it on insect bites to soothe
and relieve the pain, and help prevent infection
from setting in
13 You can Add to your pets water Bowl helps kill
harmfull parasites
14 You can Spay your plants, Bugs are just not
that keen on CS.
15 You can use it if you have been around people
which you suspect have colds and Flues Etc ,
just put some CS into the palm of your hand and sniff it op into your
sinuses.
16 You can Add some to your Laundry wash,,,Essential
if you use a laundry mats or self service laundry
establishments
17 You can Spray your Meats and vegatables before
cooking
18 You can spray your hands after working on a
client
19 Spray your Toilet seat and Bowl
20 You can takes a small Spray bottle
and spray the dirtiest thing many humans touch
weekly,,,the handles on shopping cart trollies
The
Dirty Little Secret about Grocery Shopping
Carts
Grocery store shopping cart handles have more germs than public restrooms,
making them one of the worst public places for germs, according to
researchers and you touch them probably two or three times a week,
but so do thousands of others.
How germy could shopping carts really be? Very, according to researchers
at the University of Arizona who tested all kinds of public surfaces.
They found that shopping carts were loaded with more saliva, bacteria
and even fecal matter than escalators, public telephones, and even
public bathrooms. The only surfaces that had more germs were playground
equipment and bus rails.
"Every kid in America teethes on shopping cart handles," said
Dr. Chuck Gerba at the University of Arizona. "They don't
have the best sanitary habits. … I mean, you're putting your
broccoli where their butt was."
A recent Inside Edition investigation found disturbing evidence
that supermarket shopping carts can expose shoppers of all ages
to harmful bacteria and germs! Dr. Kelly Reynolds, a microbiologist
with the University of Arizona, tells Inside Edition all shopping
carts are sources of contamination. "You need to be aware
that there could be harmful bacteria from raw meats and produce,
and harmful viruses from people's hands that have been sick, present
on shopping cart handles."
90% of stores carry shopping carts and stores admit to not cleaning
them!
Inside Edition tested 30 carts at nine supermarkets to find what
germs were lurking. Inside Edition’s lab found several types
of bacteria and fungus that could cause disease, especially in
people with fragile immune systems.
The most serious bacteria found was enteroccocus facaelis – indicating
the presence of fecal matter. Dr. Reynolds told Inside Edition
she wasn't surprised by the results. She had tested shopping carts
as part of a university study on germs.
"Our study and your study seem to indicate that shopping
carts are frequently contaminated." On some carts, Dr. Reynolds
found bodily fluids like blood, mucus and saliva. She says the
shopping carts she tested were dirtier than public bathrooms. "The
fact is, bathrooms are frequently cleaned and disinfected, shopping
carts are not," Dr. Reynolds told Inside Edition.
While some supermarkets offer wipes to disinfect hot spots, many
areas of the country are not. “Another option is to spring
for a baby shopping seat cover.”
Sources:
ABC News - Feb. 8, 2007 Shopping Carts more germy than Public Restrooms
Inside Edition - Nov. 14, 2003 Supermarket Shopping Carts can be
covered with harmful bacterica
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What’s
the “Safest” Daily Dosage of Colloidal
Silver?
From what we can tell after speaking
with literally thousands of colloidal silver users
over the past ten years, most of them drink anywhere
from a tablespoon to an ounce of 10 ppm colloidal
silver each morning as a daily mineral supplement.
And most of them tell us they are taking it for the specific purposes
of helping build immunity, or preventing or curing infection. Nevertheless,
the FDA allows its use solely as a mineral supplement, and disallows
any medical or healing claims.
DOES
SILVER WORK AGAINST CANCER ?
The
mutation of healthy cells into cancer
cells occur continuously, even in healthy
bodies. But such cancer cells are destroyed
by the body's natural immune system at
a rate about the same as they occur,
and when the body condition is stable,
there is nothing manifest that a healthy
person would experience as cancer. Some
types of Cancer are reported to be caused
by a virus. Like with any virus, upon
invading a body tissue cell it will take
over the cells reproductive chemical
factory thereby forcing the cell to replicate
the virus instead, the cell will revert
to the primitive state thus enabling
the Colloidal Silver to be effective
and kill the cell. A higher
concentration of Colloidal Silver means
more immediate contact with any virus
or other pathogen.
OTHER
ESTABLISHED USES OF COLLOIDAL SILVER |
To date, over the past ten years, every single one
of the users we have personally spoken with have
told us they have suffered no apparent harm
whatsoever from taking these levels. And of course, most of them report
dramatic health benefits.
Others users tell us they only use colloidal silver
when they are sick, generally in much larger amounts
than the daily users, albeit only for
short periods of time, such as a few days to a week. In such cases
people have been known to take as many as four to
12 ounces a day, or sometimes
even more, but rarely for more than a week. Users say a good, high
quality colloidal silver solution of about 5-10 ppm,
taken as stated above, will
usually clear up a mild to moderate infection in only a few days, while
more serious infections may take a little longer.
One thing for sure: if you are taking colloidal silver
for any kind of infection or health condition in
such large dosages, and you are not
feeling better in a few days or so, it is probably not working. And
it is not worth the risk of continuing to take more
without proper health
care and oversight from a legitimate licensed health care professional.
(Our view is that you should always consult with a licensed health
care practitioner for serious health conditions.
Never self-medicate.)
What
Daily Intake Levels Does the Government Consider
Safe?
While the FDA will not allow health claims for natural substances like
colloidal silver without “drug” approval, the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) on the other hand, has issued guidelines for “safe” amounts
of silver ingestion for the human body.
And while thousands of people have reported taking dosage levels ranging
anywhere from a tablespoon of colloidal silver to an ounce a day, or
even more in case of infectious illness or disease, it is nevertheless
important to note here that such levels could be well in excess of the
levels the EPA has deemed to be a "safe" daily amount of silver
intake from all known sources, such as from water, food, air and yes,
even mineral supplementation.
Indeed, according the EPA, the daily reference dose for oral consumption
of colloidal silver is approximately .005mg/kg-day. What this means in
medical bureaucrat-speak is that an individual who weighs 70 kilograms
(160 pounds) could safely ingest .350 milligrams of silver per day during
the course of an average 70-year lifetime without fear of excessive silver
buildup. How they came up with that number is unknown to this writer,
and probably irrelevant to this report. But you can read about it on
the EPA web site at: http://www.epa.gov/iris/subst/0099.htm.
It is also important to understand
that the EPA?s oral Reference Dose for silver does
not mean you will necessarily be harmed in any
way by taking larger amounts. As stated above,
many people have reported taking larger daily amounts
than the EPA's daily recommended "safe" dose,
for weeks, months or even years on end, with no
apparent ill effects whatsoever.
Nor does it mean that taking lower amounts than the oral Reference Dose
is guaranteed to be safe. Just as there are no "safe" levels
of aflotoxin for a person who is allergic to the fungus commonly found
on peanuts, there are no "safe" amounts of silver, or any other
nutritional supplement for that matter, if you are allergic or particularly
sensitive to it for some reason, or have an underlying health condition
such as severe liver or kidney damage that might be contraindicated for
its usage.
So while one person might take ten times the EPA "safe" recommended
daily dosage of colloidal silver for weeks or even months on end, and
never experience a single adverse effect from it, a more sensitive person
might experience adverse effects from taking only a small fraction of
the EPA's recommended daily "safe" levels, perhaps even after
a single dose! And this is true in regards to the ingestion of any vitamin,
mineral, food or liquid substance on the face of the earth, not just
silver!
The bottom line on safety is that
you just can't pin a single dosage level on everyone
and say "safe." Safety is relative. And
the level of risk in life is dependent upon many
unknowns. That said, today colloidal silver is
one of the single-most popular nutritional supplements
in the world. It is used by an estimated 10 million
people across North America, and probably many
millions more around the world. No one has ever
died from using it. And to our knowledge, there
are to date no specific adverse events related
to colloidal silver reported to the FDA, other
than a comparatively small handful of cases of
argyria which were all caused by excessive daily
use of the supplement over long periods of time.
Steve Barwick
Looking back at all the trouble
and roadblocks the FDA and the
pharmaceuticals companies have
caused with regard to Colloidal
Silver Products, perhaps it has
worked out for the best. Even the
EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)...
they list no known toxicity level
for Colloidal Silver, yet they
have come up with a "safe" dose.
It's important that these entities
keep the fear and confusion alive
because of the big money at stake.
We now
have the ability to make our
own Colloidal Silver at home; |
Getting
a blood volume ppm level:
The problem is one of
absorption efficiency. Simply drinking
CS only puts around 20% of the silver into
the blood stream. That means that if we
wanted to achieve a blood silver concentration
of 5ppm, we would have to drink a liter
containing 5ppm x 5 x 5 = 125ppm.
It is very puzzling to me that we
can fearlessly drink tap water with
loads of chlorine, fluoride, iron,
copper, and other metals and minerals
we know nothing about and haven't measured,
but a little silver worries us! (Eddy
Kasper) |
Fortunately,
there is a way to get colloidal silver
into the bloodstream and the body's
cells and tissues quickly and easily
Delivering colloidal silver
directly into the lungs, and thus into
the lung tissues and bloodstream, is a
highly effective way to use colloidal silver.
By bypassing the digestive system, some
believe that a greater amount of colloidal
silver can be delivered into the body.
Furthermore, by using a nebulizer, one
can be relatively certain than only the
smallest particles ( and ions ) reach the
lungs.
Nebulizer & silver:
I've been kind of nervous
to try this, but I had
a bad flu
that caused a lung infection.
I was coughing up lots of
green. I have my own colloidal
silver
generator, but for this I
felt it was important to
get the
purest and best quality
I could get.
I've come to believe that
this is sovereign silver.
The oral silver
was not working, though I continued
to take it orally (the sovereign
silver as well as my home made
silver). I've read that you need
to get the silver to make contact
with the area of infection. I
had bought a nebulizer at a medical
supply shop. I put a couple of
droppers full of the sovereign
silver in the nebulizer, and
did 3 minutes of deep diaphram
breathing. I had read that shallow
breathing doesn't get it down
there.
To do this I
pushed all the air out till I
couldn't get anymore out. I inhaled
drawing the air down, imagining
it fill up my belly first, then
the top portion of my lungs.
Shallow breathing seemed to make
my lungs irritated, but I felt
fine with the deep breathing.
I did this every
hour for maybe 3-4 hours, then
a couple of more times that evening.
The next day I was doing somewhat
better. I did this for a couple
more days, and the infection
is gone - Thank God!!! My doctor
just took a listen to my lungs
and said they are clear. I continued
a day past the last signs of
infection, tapering down as the
infection tapered down.
Quite honestly,
I don't know if there are any
long term issues. However I feel
I did better than my hubby who
went on zithromax at the first
sign of infection. I got sick
after him by almost a week, and
my lungs were better before his. Source |
What
is a nebulizer?
A nebulizer changes liquid
(medicine) into fine droplets (in aerosol
or mist form) that are inhaled through
a mouthpiece or mask. Nebulizers can be
used to deliver bronchodilator (airway-opening)
medicines such as albuterol (Ventolin,
Proventil or Airet) or ipratropium bromide
(Atrovent). ( Stop reading if you ever
used any of those. ) Nebulizers are also
an excellent delivery method for introducing
Colloidal Silver directly into the nose
and lungs. A nebulizer may be used instead
of a spray bottle or nasal inhaler. It
is powered by a compressed air machine
and plugs into an electrical outlet.
The amount of colloidal silver
to use on a daily dose basis is undetermined.
Tentatively, one full dose is 1/2 to 1
fluid ounce. However, this dose in some
cases is spread throughout the day, or
might even last a few days, depending on
the need. In other cases, as in lung infections
which are not severe yet have become chronic,
a dosage philosophy might vary. The following
examples illustrate different ideas:
Two minutes of nebulizer
use every fifteen minutes for four hours.
Five minutes of nebulizer use every hour.
One complete dose of colloidal silver once to four times daily.
One Half dose of colloidal silver once to four times daily.
Always err on the side of caution! More on the Usage of
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